Security Vetting Appeals Panel Deputy Chair
Sir James Goss
Biography
Sir James Goss was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1975, becoming a King’s Counsel in 1997. He was appointed a Recorder in 1994, a Circuit Judge in 2009, a Senior Circuit Judge and the Recorder of Newcastle in 2011 and a High Court Judge in the King’s Bench Division in 2014. He was a Presiding Judge of the North Eastern Circuit between 2017 and 2020. He retired from the High Court Bench in January 2026. Became a Judicial Commissioner at the Investigatory Powers Commission in 2025